Do we really want to give an organization taxpayer money when it does that? Why are they still considered a non-profit when they have a billion dollar industry going on?

Another way to help foster a culture of life is to assist those who are recovering, and I’m thankful that Iowa Governor Terry Branstad declared April Abortion Recovery Month. We also need to support maternity homes and crisis pregnancy centers in order to help provide alternatives.

The fight must go on. In Iowa we’re facing one State Senator holding this bill up, State Senator Thomas Courtney (D-Burlington) who chairs the Senate Government Oversight committee so far is keeping the late-term abortion ban held up in subcommittee. That bill needs to be passed in order to keep abortionist LeRoy Carhart out of our state. Carhart is planning to set up shop in Council Bluffs to do late term abortions since he can’t perform them in Nebraska and Kansas (and most recently Oklahoma) which passed late-term abortion bans. Council Bluffs residents and its Mayor, Thomas Hanafan, (who is a Democrat) want to see this bill passed.

I encourage you to contact State Senator Courtney to respectfully encourage him to allow a vote in committee so it can be debated and voted on in the full Senate.

Shane Vander Hart is the founder and editor-in-chief of Caffeinated Thoughts. He is also the President of 4:15 Communications, LLC, a social media & communications consulting/management firm. Prior to this Shane spent 20 years in youth ministry serving in church, parachurch, and school settings. He has also served as an interim pastor and is a sought after speaker and pulpit fill-in. Shane has been married to his wife Cheryl since 1993 and they have three kids. Shane and his family reside near Des Moines, IA.

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Shane Vander Hart is the founder and editor-in-chief of Caffeinated Thoughts. He is also the President of 4:15 Communications, LLC, a social media & communications consulting/management firm. Prior to this Shane spent 20 years in youth ministry serving in church, parachurch, and school settings. He has also served as an interim pastor and is a sought after speaker and pulpit fill-in. Shane has been married to his wife Cheryl since 1993 and they have three kids. Shane and his family reside near Des Moines, IA.

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I am currently a college student and my history professor told me some interesting facts vs. fiction about the abortion issue. Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 court case, was suppose to be a compromise between the hard core pro-choicers and the hard-core pro-lifers. It basically said that no state had the right to abolish abortion in the first trimester. The second trimester was up to the states to decide and the third trimester was illegal in all 50 states barring the mother’s life is endangered. He also said that the case is not an issue of Republicans vs. Democrats. The man who wrote the majority opinion was a known republican appointed by a republican president. He also said that the issue has been exploited by both parties. The vast majority of republicans could honestly care less about the issue. They only bring it up to get votes. They don’t want it to be banned because they realize that a lot of their constituency are people who would otherwise be democrats if not for the abortion issue. If abortion was banned, then they would start voting for democrats.